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World News: From Caracas to Khartoum
April 25, 2019
Toronto Priest’s praise of Francis plagiarised from anti-Catholic site Allegations of plagiarism against a prominent priest have taken an unexpected turn. Fr Thomas Rosica, a Vatican adviser and CEO of the Salt+Light TV network, has apologised for multiple cases of using other writers’ work without attribution. Fr Rosica has gone on sabbatical. Now it has
April 19, 2019
April 18, 2019
How to… Feast at Easter
April 18, 2019
Eastertide lasts for 50 days, compared to the 40 days that span Lent, meaning the celebrations last longer than the fasting. It is good to be a Catholic… Traditionally, the feast involves heartily enjoying some of those legitimate pleasures we might have denied ourselves (an attitude exemplified in the giving of chocolate eggs to children),
Mass readings
April 18, 2019
Ordinary Form Divine Office Week I Sunday, April 21: Easter Sunday Acts 10:34A, 37-43; Ps 118; Col 3:1-4; Jn 20:1-9 Monday, April 22: Easter Monday Acts 2:14, 22-33; Ps 16; Mt 28:8-15 Tuesday, April 23: Easter Tuesday Acts 2:36-41; Ps 33; Jn 20:11-18 Wednesday, April 24: Easter Wednesday Acts 3:1-10; Ps 105; Lk 24:13-35 Thursday,
Letters & emails
April 18, 2019
No excuses for shunning the persecuted SIR – John O’Sullivan (Cover story, April 5) refers to de facto discrimination by some governments against Christian asylum seekers from Syria, under cover of nominally non-discriminatory policies, citing Australia as an example. The UK government has a formal policy of not discriminating on grounds of faith. Yet, in
April 12, 2019
April 11, 2019
Cardinal Sarah’s fearless cri de coeur
April 11, 2019
Cardinal Robert Sarah is not the most influential figure within the Roman Curia. Although he is prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship, one of the most important Vatican departments, his power is tightly circumscribed. After he gave a speech in 2016 urging priests worldwide to celebrate Mass facing east, he received a rare public
Letters & emails
April 11, 2019
A solution to the Confession crisis SIR – Regarding low participation in the Sacrament of Confession (Letters, March 22 and 29), may I suggest that availability is a big part of the problem and therein lies the solution? I live in the US, travel regularly, and spend my holidays in the UK, and have observed
How to… Observe Tenebrae
April 11, 2019
Tenebrae is a Passiontide service now rarely observed in the Catholic Church. Tenebrae is the Latin for “darkness” and the ceremony involved the gradual extinguishing of 15 candles arranged on a triangular “hearse” over Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday. It concludes with the strepitus, or “loud noise”, often the slamming shut of a
Mass readings
April 11, 2019
Ordinary Form Divine Office Week II Sunday, April 14: Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord Lk 19:28-40; Is 50:4-7; Ps 22; Phil 2:6-11; Lk 22:14 – 23:56 Monday, April 15: Monday of Holy Week Is 42:1-7; Ps 27; Jn 12:1-11 Tuesday, April 16: Tuesday of Holy Week Is 49:1-6; Ps 71; Jn 13:21-33,
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April 11, 2019
When we launched our US edition in November 2018, we noticed that some of our most enthusiastic supporters were young Catholics, especially college students. We also found that many of them don’t have the income to get our magazine. So we’ve decided to take action. We’re pleased to announce the launch of the new Catholic
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April 04, 2019
Ordinary Form Divine Office Week I Sunday, April 7: Fifth Sunday of Lent Is 43:16-21; Ps 126; Phil 3:8-14; Jn 8:1-11 Monday, April 8: Weekday of Lent Dn 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30, 33-62; Ps 23; Jn 8:21-30 Tuesday, April 9: Weekday of Lent Nm 21:4-9; Ps 102; Jn 5:1-16 Wednesday, April 10: Weekday of Lent Dn
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